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Fanninia

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Fanninia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Fanninia
Harv.
Species:
F. caloglossa
Binomial name
Fanninia caloglossa

Fanninia is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1868.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Fanninia caloglossa, native to South Africa[3]

References

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  1. ^ Harvey, William Henry. 1868. Genera of South African plants, arranged according to the natural system ed. 2, 235
  2. ^ Tropicos
  3. ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).